How many israelites left egypt?

Israel was "as the sand on the seashore" when they left Egypt and went to occupy the promised land. Today 1.5 million Palestinians live in a tiny corner of the land God promised to give Abraham. It is obvious then, that at least 2.5 million Hebrews would be needed to fully occupy the entire promised land, as they did under Joshua in 1406 BC. read more

Spread over the books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, it tells of the enslavement that befell the children of Israel in Egypt, their liberation through the hand of Yahweh and the revelations at Sinai, and their wanderings in the wilderness up to borders of Canaan, the land their God has given them. read more